Fiber orienting technology

1. A food patty molding machine, comprising:

a mold plate having at least one mold cavity therein, along a given path, in a repetitive cycle, between a fill position and a discharge position;

food pump for pumping a moldable food product;

a fill passage connecting said food pump to said mold cavity when said mold plate is in said fill position;

a fill plate, interposed in said fill passage adjacent to said mold plate;

said fill plate having a multiplicity of fill orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area aligned with said mold cavity when said fill plate is in its fill position;

said fill orifices defining paths through said fill plate,

said fill orifices comprising a sphere intersecting a cylinder.

2. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 wherein said moldable food product comprises meat.

3. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 wherein said machine reduces release and mixing of myosin with actin in said moldable food product.

4. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 wherein said machine controls orientation of fiber in said moldable food product.

5. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 wherein said machine provides less myosin activity resulting in a better bite/bind and control over final cook shape of said moldable food product.

6. The food product molding machine of claim 1 wherein said machine accelerates food product in order to cause fibers of said moldable food product to be stretched and aligned.

7. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 further comprising: a stripper plate interposed in said fill passage adjacent side of said fill plate opposite said mold plate, and movable along a path transverse to said mold plate path between said fill position and discharge position; said stripper plate having a multiplicity of fill openings aligned one-for-one with said fill orifices as extensions thereof when said stripper plate is in said fill position; and a stripper plate drive synchronized with a mold plate drive configured to move said stripper plate and said mold plate respectively between its fill position and discharge position.

8. The food patty molding machine of claim 1 wherein said sphere has no static or dead zones.

9. A food patty molding machine comprising:

a mold plate and at least one mold cavity therein;

a mold plate drive connected to said mold plate

a food pump for pumping a moldable food product through a fill passage connecting said food pump to said mold cavity when said mold plate is in fill position;

a fill plate, interposed in said fill passage adjacent to said mold plate

a multiplicity of fill orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area aligned with said mold cavity when said mold plate is in fill position;

said fill orifices define paths through said fill plate,

said fill orifices comprising a sphere intersecting a cylinder configured to create a venturi effect which results in an acceleration of said moldable food product with a corresponding pressure drop through said fill orifices.